most of the books of his ive ever read has has a golden in it and ultimately that golden has been the hero.

go to amazon and read the first few pages of Watchers. i just did and when he starts pelting the golden with rocks, i always cry at that point. a really great book. also From The Corner Of His Eye is really good... The Bad Place was really disturbing.

he has a few fluff books but for the most part, he is a very good writer.